Not 100% sure this is what you're getting at, but I guess you need to think about what you'll wear, eat, drink and carry. A normal MTB session for me is anywhere from a few hours to half a day and I take a 2 or 3 litre hydration pack, a few bananas, muesli bars etc, two tubes, pump and multitool. I wear nicks and a jersey, sometimes an undershirt, and depending on weather might take a windproof vest or jacket.

A pump with pressure gauge is useful if you want to play around with tyre pressures; if driving I always throw my toolkit, track pump, shock pump, extra food and water and spare/normal clothes and shoes into the car.

Worth checking out the hydro packs in the flesh before buying if you can; I have a Camelbak Lobo which while light is a bit small for longer rides, and surprisingly the bladder isn't as good as my Source brand bladder; Mountain Designs carries both brands so would be worth a look.

andylo wrote:I would have thought those guys would be on the more advance tracks/trails? I was only going to try the beginners one :p

Hey Andy,

Its best if you tag along someone, especially for safety. I've been around daisy for a few times now so quite familiar, so if you want to go one day let me know as i'm very keen too Just remember to be fit as it can be a challenge especially some of the climbs.

I don't know how you guys would grade the difficulty there but for the uphill it was not too bad for me but I do need to use the granny gears

I went up the hill from the south side of the park, to the top where I see a water dam lookalike building, then ride down on the tarmac road to Compton Road, then ride the normal road back to Calamvale.

I don't know how you guys would grade the difficulty there but for the uphill it was not too bad for me but I do need to use the granny gears

I went up the hill from the south side of the park, to the top where I see a water dam lookalike building, then ride down on the tarmac road to Compton Road, then ride the normal road back to Calamvale.

It was a great fun and I shall do it again this Sunday

any pics? haven't been there before, is it single trails or firetrails?

Which I like to extend my question - what is the difference in "strategy" to ride on these 2 different kind of tracks?

Karawatha was a fire track type, and the Toohey I went with poohbear yesterday morning was single track. The fire track is wider and I feel more comfortable that way. The single track is quite narrow should give me a bit of chill especially sharp corners has involved (for some reason I am not very good at turning...)

Which I like to extend my question - what is the difference in "strategy" to ride on these 2 different kind of tracks?

Karawatha was a fire track type, and the Toohey I went with poohbear yesterday morning was single track. The fire track is wider and I feel more comfortable that way. The single track is quite narrow should give me a bit of chill especially sharp corners has involved (for some reason I am not very good at turning...)

Toohey isn't single track, its still firetrail. Maybe the bush walking paths are single track but we never went on any of them since they are for Walking only

You'll get use to the single track , starting with slow and eventually you'll get used to it, for me i'm still learning how to corner faster as i'm still quite new to it as well .

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